Crochet: Sly Fox Hat

By Lisa Gutierrez on 10/01/2013

October is here! I love October because it means that MAYBE cool weather is on its way to Houston. Probably not, but a girl can dream, right? October also means it’s costume time! Last year, I composed two sweet costumes for my boys’ book character parade (see here) at school.

It features some interesting shaping to create the point at the front and long sides to cover the ears. It is definitely inspired by Ganomy, which, if you’ve been reading long, is my favorite knit hat pattern. This crochet hat is worked from the top down, though, and, like I said, has a point at the front. Instead of two sets of increases and decreases, there eventually are three. I hope you guys like it! I’ll put some notes at the END with suggestions for changing the size. Please read through before asking questions! Have fun!

PatternHAT
With large hook, Ch 3, 11 DC into a magic circle. Cinch circle shut. Slst into top of beginning (beg) ch-3. (12)

Round 2: Ch 3, 1 DC in same sp, 2 DC in each st, slst to top of beg ch-3. (24)

Round 3: Ch 3, 2 DC in next st, *1 DC in next st, 2 DC in next st; Rep from * around, slst to top of beg ch-3. (36)

Round 4: Ch 3, 1 DC in next st, 2 DC in next st, *1 DC in next 2 sts, 2 DC in next st; Rep from * around, slst to top of beg ch-3. (48)

Round 5: Ch 3, DC in next 7 sts, [3 DC in next st, DC in next 15 sts] twice, 3 DC in next st, DC in last 7 sts, slst to top of beg ch-3. (54)

Round 6: Ch 3, DC in next 8 sts, [3 DC in next st, DC in next 17 sts] twice, 3 DC in next st, DC in last 8 sts, slst to top of beg ch-3. (60)

Round 7: Ch 3, DC in next 9 sts, [3 DC in next st, DC in next 19 sts] twice, 3 DC in next st, DC in last 9 sts, slst to top of beg ch-3. (66)

Round 8: Ch 3, DC in next 10 sts, [3 DC in next st, DC in next 21 sts] twice, 3 DC in next st, DC in last 10 sts, slst to top of beg ch-3. (72)

Round 9: Ch 3, DC2tog, DC in next 9 sts, [3 DC in next st, DC in next 9 sts, DC2tog, DC in next st, DC2tog, DC in next 9 sts] twice, 3 DC in next st, DC in next 9 sts, DC2tog, slst to top of beg ch-3. (72)

Rounds 10-11: Repeat Round 9. (72)

Round 12-13: Repeat Round 9, but switch to white after the third decrease and work with that yarn, carrying the MC, to the stitch before the next decrease. You will have to attach the new color every round. Finish the round in the main color, attach white at the end.

Round 14: SC around in white, making [1 SC, ch 2, 1 SC] in the center DC of the increases of the previous round, slst to first SC. Fasten off. Weave in ends.
————————–Ears
Note: the ears are made up of two pieces each– a solid piece in the MC of the hat and a piece that is white + the MC.

Make 2 solid pieces for the back of the ears
Ch 10
Row 1: SC in second chain from hook and each of the rest. Ch 1, turn. (9)

Row 2: SC2tog, SC 5, SC2tog. Ch 1, turn. (7)

Row 3: SC in each st. Ch 1, turn. (7)

Row 4: SC2tog, SC 3, SC2tog. Ch 1, turn. (5)

Row 5: SC in each st. Ch 1, turn. (5)

Row 6: SC2tog, SC in next st, SC2tog. Ch 1, turn. (3)

Row 7: SC in each st. Ch 1, turn. (3)

Row 8: SC2tog, SC in next st. Ch 1, turn. (2)

Row 9: SC2tog. (1)

Ch 1, SC 9 down the side of the triangle. At bottom corner, ch 3, then turn triangle clockwise to work across the beginning chain, SC 9 to next corner, Ch 3, then SC 9 back to top of the triangle. SC in the sc2tog stitch from last row, ch 3, SC in same st, slst to first of the SC you made down the side of the triangle. Fasten off.

Make 2 pieces for the front of the ears.
Work pattern as above, but switch to white for Rows 2-9. Switch back to main color after last SC2tog and work border in MC. Leave a long tail at the end of these pieces.

Stitch a front and back together, then sew in place on your hat.
————————–Eyes & Nose
With smaller hook, make 6 SC into a magic loop. Cinch loop shut. Slst to first SC.
Round 2: Ch 1, 2 SC into same space and each stitch, slst to first SC. Fasten off, leaving a 12-18″ tail for attaching. (12)

For Eyes only
Slst into each st.

Sew eyes and nose in place with tail yarn.

Notes on size
As-is, the pattern fits a child size heads. My son is 5, but his head is about the same size as his 8 year old brother. For a larger hat, I increased my hook to a 5.5 mm (US I) and added some more repeats of Round 9 before making the last 3 rounds. It would be possible to make some more complicated increases, but I can’t give any specific advice on that. Try working the pattern through once, so you can see where the increases are placed and then work it again, adding an increase round after Round 4 (increase to 60) and then some round(s) after 8 (remember–Rounds 5-8 are increasing stitch count by 6 DC each round). The last 5 rounds are the same, so you would just need to figure out where to put the decreases that balance out the increases. Good luck!

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My granddaughter loved this hat. She’s in college and their “mascot” is a fox. I’m using a “J” hook, and so far so good. I did add additional row 9. Only question I have is the joint rows the back of the hat?

Finished the hat! Overall, pleased with it. Took longer to do ears than main hat. After I sewed the ears on, wasn’t quite right to me, but had stitches hid so well, couldn’t redo. I’d post photo, but not sure how to do it here. Just got a selfie from granddaughter, fits pretty good. Thanks a million for the pattern!

Hi there… love this hat and will be making it for 2016 Christmas gifts for loads of kids. Can anyone tell me how many kids hats you get with one skein of Vanna’s Choice? I need to order yarn and would rather do one order. Thanks for any help and thanks a ton for such a cute hat pattern.

Thank you for the pattern it came out great!. I made it exactly as the pattern but used a 3mm hook which is between US C and D hooks. Approx 5 stitches per inch. This gave me a 16 inch around the bottom hat and measured 5.5 ins from crown to nose tip. This should be approx a 12 month size. I used buttons for the nose and eyes as I did not have a smaller hook.

Thank you for this pattern I love it. Made hats for my young grandchildren. Would love to make one for a six month old, How do I make adapt it for an infant. This was the first time crocheting and found directions very easy to follow

Perfect adult hat:
I made a perfect adult hat, I inserted 2 more repeats of row 9 and used a J hook. This produced a gauge of 2 rows per inch, and 3.5 dc per in., which is a perfect fit for my 22″ circumference head. I bet that if you needed to make a large man’s hat, you could do the same with a K hook. I’ll report how that works out, as I have a few sly old foxes on my Christmas list to make these for!

Perfect adult hat:
I just made a perfect adult hat. I inserted 2 repeats of row 9, and used a J hook . This produced a gauge of 2 rows per inch, and 3.5 dc per in., which is a perfect fit for my 22″ circumference head. Fits like a glove. I think that if you needed to make a large man’s hat, you could do the same with a K hook. I have a few sly old foxes to make these for, so I’ll let you know how it works out!

Round 9 is not working out for me. Anyone else having this problem. I’m not sure what I am doing wrong. I am following the instructions and end up having eight double crochets at the end. If I sleep stitch to the beginning it leaves a big hole. What am I doing wrong?

Hoping I can get an answer soon as I would really like to make this hat this week.

I am wanting to know if the slst in each row is the back of the hat. I am wanting to slightly modify the pattern to add a hole for my ponytail (so it will kinda look like the foxes tail) and need to make sure I am adding it to the back of the hat.

I don’t understand where these “decreases” are?
Also round 9 is impossible to come up with 72 stitches. As stated in the post:
Round 9: Ch 3, DC2tog, DC in next 9 sts, [3 DC in next st, DC in next 9 sts, DC2tog, DC in next st, DC2tog, DC in next 9 sts] twice, 3 DC in next st, DC in next 9 sts, DC2tog, slst to top of beg ch-3. (72)

Chain=1
Dc2=2
D.C. In next 9 = 9
We have a total of 12 stitches before the bracket
3 dc= 3
D.C. Next 9= 9
Dc2= 2
1 D.C. = 1
D.C.2 = 2
D.C. Next 9=9
We have a total of 26 stitches, repeated 26+26=56 within the bracket.
3dc= 3
D.C. Next 9= 9
Dc2= 2
Total of 14 after bracket.
12+56+14 = 82.

Now I got it! I’m no longer having problem with round 9. I was confused about the DC2tog, I was crocheting 2 double crochet in the same stitch instead of crocheting 2 double crochet in the following 2 stitches looping in one stitch, creating the dicrease. Now it’s 72 stitches in the end!

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